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Wireshark-users: Re: [Wireshark-users] Default interface in the "front page"?

From: Christopher Maynard <Christopher.Maynard@xxxxxxxxx>
Date: Mon, 8 Apr 2013 14:11:08 +0000 (UTC)
Jim Aragon <Jim@...> writes:

> At 09:11 PM 4/7/2013, Micheal Tuexen wrote:
> >On Apr 8, 2013, at 2:22 AM, Jim Aragon wrote:
> >> If the user has not selected a default interface at Edit
> Preferences 
> >> Capture, I'd vote to have Wireshark select the first interface
> 
> >>listed. I would not select all interfaces. I think
> single-interface 
> >>capture is still more common, even on multiple interface
> systems.

If the user has not selected a default interface at Edit -> Preferences ->
Capture, I'd vote to have Wireshark select the first interface listed in
which Wireshark determines that there are actually packets available to
capture.  This can be seen with Capture -> Interfaces (Ctrl-I).  If no
interfaces show packets, then Wireshark can probably just choose the first
interface.

- Chris